A Kansas City, Missouri firefighter is facing child endangerment and drug possession charges after he was found passed out in traffic, high on drugs, with several young children in his pickup truck, court documents say.

Witnesses said they were behind a pickup truck that was driving erratically southbound on Highway 283 near 32nd Street last Friday, when it finally came to rest in the left lane of 9 Highway in North Kansas City, Missouri.

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When police arrived they found several people surrounding the pickup truck. The driver, later identified as Jacob Palmer, was found passed out at the wheel with 3 kids inside the vehicle, according to witness statements.

In addition, police said they found a syringe in the driver's hand, a metal spoon with burnt residue in the center console as well as a child's bib with apparent blood spots. A clear piece of plastic with a brown substance inside and more syringes were also later found inside the vehicle, court documents said.

The children, ages 4, 2 and 3 months, were all cared for until their mother arrived and picked them up.

Palmer later told police that he has been addicted to Oxycodone for 3 years, and that he had purchased a syringe full of blueish/brownish liquid from someone in Kansas City, Missouri, who said that it was liquid Oxycodone.

Palmer said he injected some of the syringe, drove to get an oil change, and on the way home he began to feel funny, according to court documents. He said he believed he parked his vehicle in the middle of the highway, but could not be certain.

The substance was later tested and determined to be heroin.

Palmer faces one count of endangering the welfare of a child, one count of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

A Kansas City Fire Department spokesman confirmed that Palmer was a firefighter. His status with the department is not known, as the spokesman said he could not speak to disciplinary actions.